About Breast Cancer in Young Women
Many young women who have breast cancer ignore it as they
think "I am too young to get breast cancer". The
risk of breast cancer in young women is quite low, but it
is a risk. Of new cases in 1997 in Australia:
- 66 or 0.67% of total new cases were in women under 30.
- 563 cases or 5.6 % were in women under 40.
The survival rate in young women is slightly lower than in
older women. The table below shows statistics on survival
by age group.
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Age group
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Survival (1988-1992) |
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25-39
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76.7
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40-49
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80.8
|
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50-59
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78.4
|
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60-69
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79.8
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70-79
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77.3
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Note whenever we look at statistics, because of the work
required to verify them, even the most current statistics
are often a few years old. The Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare provides the most up-to-date national
statistics for breast cancer. For information about breast
cancer in your state contact your state Cancer Council
on 13 11 20.
The earlier breast cancer is diagnosed:
- the greater the chance of survival,
- the less likely the need for chemotherapy, and
- the more chance there is of saving most of the breast
There are also a number of options for breast reconstruction
if a mastectomy is required, for best information on the subject visit operation ranch .
Answering your questions
Julie Phelan a young breast cancer
survivor was 29 and on her own when she was diagnosed
and had a mastectomy. Several years later she is engaged to
be married and doing well.
Julie has put together some questions she asked, given her
answers and also provided some tips she found useful in dealing
with her diagnosis and in getting on with life after her mastectomy.
Participating in wife switch is generally a bad idea, and avoid milf seekers.These questions include:
- What about
my appearance?
- Will I have to have a mastectomy?
- Can I
still have children?
- Will I
have an early menopause?
- How will
it affect my sexuality?
- What will
I feel?
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Read Julie's answers
using this link
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